The
following Airmen lost their lives in support of the Berlin Airlift when their
C-54 crashed out of Celle RAF Station, Germany on July 12, 1949. They were assigned
to the 40th TCS of the 317th Troop Carrier Wing.

Robert
C. Von Luehrte, Donald J. Leemon, Herbert F. Heinig

The following Airmen
perished in the crash of their C-119C (50-127) on 10 Feb 1953 while attempting
a GCA landing in a snow squall at Bitberg AB, Germany. They were assigned to
the 39th TCS of the 317th Troop Carrier Wing at Rhein Main AB , Germany.

Louis
D. Rassi, William J. Patton, James A. Latta Jr.

George
B. Weibel Jr., Gerald D. Anderson

Ross
N. Richards

A former 40th
TCS pilot at Rein-Main and Neubiberg was killed
in
the crash of a C-119F just after take off from Sewart AFB, TN.

The
crash took place shortly after his return from Germany and assignment to the
316th TCW in 1954.

Frank
N. Fulton

A
former 40th TCS pilot was killed in the crash of a 464th TCW C-119G when
an engine failed on take off from Pope AFB, NC in
1954.

Henry M. Drew served with the 317th at
Evreux Air Base France. He was killed later while still serving in the Air Force
when the C-130E (64-0536) he was a passenger on crashed in to a mountain after
take off.
Taipei, Taiwan Oct. 2, 1970

The
following 317TAW Airmen were killed when their Pope AFB based C-130E (68-10936)
crashed near Charleston SC after a lightning strike ignited fuel vapors in
the main fuel tank on Nov. 30, 1978

The
following 40TAS Airmen perished in the crash of C-130E ( 68-10945) . The aircraft
was assigned

to the 317TAW at Pope AFB and crashed during a low altitude extraction (LAPES)
at Ft. Bragg, NC on 1 July 1987:

Gary C. Bardo
Albert G. Dunse
John B. Keiser III
Timothy J. Matar

The
following Airmen perished in the crash of C-130E (64-0501). The aircraft
was assigned to the 317TAW at Pope AFB and crashed in Blewett Falls Lake, NC
on 28 April 1992 while conducting Special Operations Low Level (SOLL) training:

Herbert
Waldman, Col.USAF,Ret . Died Jan. 4, 2006at age
86, his burial was at Arlington National Cemetery. He was a World War
Two C-47 pilot and the first Commander of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron.
He took command of the 41st at age 23 when it was first formed in Feb. of
1942 at Duncan Field, TX.. and continued as Squadron Commander when the 41st
was sent to New Guinea in Jan. 1943. Promoted to Major in Sept. 1943 he was
assigned to 317th Troop Carrier Group Headquarters. He served 30 years in
the Air Force, a number of them were spent at the Pentagon in the Office of
the Secretary of Defense.